Can humans create a mammoth from old DNA?

Could we 'de-extinctify' the woolly mammoth? Read more. Until now, the team have stopped at the cell stage, but are now moving towards creating embryos – although, they said that it would be many years before any serious attempt at producing a living creature. read more

"Create" is probably not the correct term, but it may be possible to CLONE a mammoth from mammoth DNA harvested from frozen mammoths that have been removed from the ice in Siberia, Russia. The process of cloning mammals has been being worked on for a generation now. read more

If the researchers can get these hybrid mammoth-elephants to survive, they hope to engineer an elephant that can survive in cold climates, where it should face fewer threats from humans. Only once the team can get these hybrid creatures to survive will they incorporate more mammoth DNA into the elephant's genome, with the ultimate goal of reviving the ancient beasts. read more

Using this technique, scientists could cut and paste preserved mammoth DNA into Asian elephants to create and elephant-mammoth hybrid. It would be created from the DNA extracted from frozen mammoth carcasses retrieved from permafrost. read more